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Solano History 32 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.00 seconds. 
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Back of Wolfskill stone house photo WY167C. Residence of J.R. Wolfskills on Rio de los Putas Grant. Taken in midwinter with snow on ground. [...]

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Rose Pena Coombs at ruins of Fairmont Hotel, SF, 1906 earthquake
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Rose Pena Coombs at ruins of Fairmont Hotel, SF, 1906 earthquake. No photo
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1909

Vacaville Old Town Hall within a year after being built
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Bridges built over troubling waters in town / Delaplane, Kristin [369] [ECHOS-1998-369]
Dingley's Mill in Green Valley changed hands and the new owners had plans to enlarge the establishment and employ steam as the power source. George Dingley was forced to abandon his mill through a foreclosure eviction notice. When he originally purchased the land, the seller failed to disclose the mortgage liability.
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Town 'built around the shipping of fruit' / Delaplane, Kristin [338] [ECHOS-1997-338]
The following are excerpts from an oral history with T. Robert Boone Hawkins, interviewed June 1977. The Hawkins first came here in 1852, with my great-grandfather Arculus C. Hawkins [...]
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Town flourished, then faded on the river of time / Bowen, Jerry [580] [WAYITWAS-2005-580]
In my last column, we saw that the settlement of the Montezuma Hills was a long and troubled process. One of the more interesting claims made for a grant of land was the infamous "Luco Claim."
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Towns vanished when railroad passed them by / Bowen, Jerry [25] [WAYITWAS-2000-25]
I have always been fascinated by old maps and the potential stories they reveal. Working at the Solano County Archives is especially intriguing because of its numerous old maps. Many of you already know something about the towns that will be described in a series of articles to follow, but for newcomers to Solano County or its history, it won't hurt to get acquainted with the communities that once served travelers and '49ers in the later 1800s. My thanks to James Davis for a suggestion about the town of Cement, which became the catalyst of this series of articles.
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Elmira a quiet town but for trains, gunfire / Delaplane, Kristin [345] [ECHOS-1997-345]
In 1883, Elmira was a relatively quiet place except when the trains came through. Therefore, citizens were more than a little alarmed to hear gunfire one day. It turned out that it was the result of the town's constable, McKinney, firing on an escaping prisoner Napa Jim. Whether or not Constable McKinney hit his target is unknown.
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Fairfield awakens from sleepy town status in 1942 / Dingler, Nancy [476] [RETROSPECT-2002-476]
The eventful year of 1942 affected everyone in the world, including the quiet little hamlet of Fairfield. The Army Airfield (Later named Travis Air Force Base) was under full construction and use. Permit applications for new apartment construction for the expanding population was granted.
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